Mondogoal Fantasy Pick – 3/3/16

Every day we bring you what we think are some sensible selection options based on today’s upcoming matches; we’re not going to promise that these are guaranteed winners because if we could do that we’d all be millionaires by now. These players are all solid picks based on recent stats and their next opponents so check them out.

It’s an all Spanish affair tonight as we make our selections from La Liga and enter Mondogoal’s Thursday Freeroll:

Granada vs Sporting Gijon

Espanyol vs Real Betis

Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona

Here’s Our Pick:

Goalkeeper

Andres Fernandez

Granada

£3.5m

Defender

Miguel Lopes

Granada

£7.0m

Defender

Jordi Alba

Barcelona

£11.1m

Defender

Alvaro Gonzalez

Espanyol

£6.4m

Midfielder

Ivan Rakatic

Barcelona

£8.4m

Midfielder

Marco Asensio

Espanyol

£7.5m

Midfielder

Pape Diop

Espanyol

£3.7m

Midfielder

Petros

Real Betis

£5.7m

Forward

Lionel Messi

Barcelona

£21.2m

Forward

Luis Suarez

Barcelona

£18.6m

Forward

Youssef El-Arabi

Granada

£6.6m

£99,700,000

Overview

Barcelona visit Real Vallecano and the league leaders have won nine league games on the trot, scoring 29 goals in the process; Vallecano are unbeaten in 7 but have drawn the last three matches 2 – 2 so there should be some goals in this game.

Espanyol host Real Betis in a lower mid-table clash; the home side have won their last two matches to pull away from the relegation zone while Betis have drawn the last three.

Granada vs Sporting Gijon is a real bottom-of-the-table affair with both sides in poor form Granada can point to a win int their last match as a possible turnaround in fortunes.

When Barcelona are playing the trick is to try and include as many of the superstars as possible while still leaving enough money for a decent team elsewhere; it hasn’t been too difficult here because of the poor form of the remaining teams.

Midfield

Our four man midfield contains just one Barca player – Ivan Rakatic – plus two from Espanyol – Marco Asensio and Pape Diop – and the Real Betis’ Petros. We expect Espanyol to have plenty of possession against Betis.

Forwards

We’ve managed to squeeze Barca’s Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez into the team and they are accompanied by Granada’s capable Youssef El-Arabi.

*In the event that certain players are not selected, last-minute changes may be required.